The Wrong Mans
- TV sitcom / comedy drama
- BBC Two
- 2013 - 2014
- 8 episodes (2 series)
Comedy thriller about a pair of lowly office workers who become embroiled in a deadly criminal conspiracy. Stars Mathew Baynton, James Corden, Sarah Solemani, Tom Basden, Dawn French and more.
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This new comedy drama written by and starring James Corden and Horrible Histories' Mathew Baynton is quite good. What's remarkable is the wealth of on-screen talent involved, and I don't just mean Dawn French, Rebecca Front, Nick Moran, Homeland's David Harewood and Him & Her's Sarah Solemani. When you can employ Paul Higgins (The Thick of It) and Twenty Twelve's Vincent Franklin in the seemingly throwaway roles of traffic cops, then that is casting in depth. Taking its title from Hitchcock's 1956 thriller of mistaken identity, The Wrong Man, it stars Baynton as a Berkshire County Council office drudge accidentally mixed up in a criminal conspiracy. Corden is on his best form as his excitable colleague.
Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 20th September 2013The Wrong Mans review
The Wrong Mans has been tipped to become a hit amongst much of the comedy reviewing press. It is also slightly annoying for the press with regards to their spelling and grammar checks on their word processors wanting to the change "Mans" to "Men".
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 16th September 2013James Corden and The Wrong Mans - in pictures
Photographer Richard Saker goes behind the scenes on James Corden's new BBC comedy series The Wrong Mans.
The Observer, 15th September 2013James Corden: why he still can't trust success
James Corden has had his setbacks, but not recently. He is on a roll with a new film and a television series he has co-written. Yet while the critics love him, he can't help but doubt himself. Carole Cadwalladr meets the hardest working man in show business.
Carole Cadwalladr, The Observer, 15th September 2013Spoofing action-filled, big budget American TV series, The Wrong Mans is both sitcom and thriller. Created by and starring James Corden and Matthew Bayton, as a luckless duo working for Berkshire County Council whose blue-collar lives are turned upside down by a chance phone call. Mistaken identities prompt comic mishap as they are drawn into a murky world of international espionage. The supporting cast includes Dawn French, Sarah Solemani, Rebecca Front, Dougray Scott, Emilia Fox, Nick Moran, Stephen Campbell Moore and Tom Basden - the very Best of British.
Holly Williams, The Independent, 15th September 2013TV Preview: The Wrong Mans
The plot moves so fast. One minute there is a spectacular car crash on a snowy, deserted road, then after a little bit of essential exposition and Office-style desk-based japes, one is thrown straight into a plot that involves gangsters, guns and Sam nearly getting separated from one of his legs.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th September 2013Report from the screening of The Wrong Mans
It's the half-hour comedy that has the sensibilities of a Hollywood blockbuster.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th September 2013Photos of James Corden in The Wrong Mans
James Corden is caught red-suited by cops behind the wheel of a go-kart.
The Sun, 10th March 2013Dawn French & Rebecca Front sign up for The Wrong Mans
Dawn French and Rebecca Front are amongst the cast named for The Wrong Mans, a BBC Two comedy series co-starring James Corden.
British Comedy Guide, 28th January 2013Detail confirmed for new James Corden comedy The Wrong Mans
The BBC has confirmed details of James Corden's next comedy project, a thriller alongside Horrible Histories and Spy star Mathew Baynton.
British Comedy Guide, 9th October 2012